Examples of railway in a Sentence
a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation
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The plaintiffs argue the rail yard in the middle of Libby was used for storage and not transportation, meaning the railway is not exempt.
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Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2024
And state railways became a vehicle to valorise it.
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
The railway was best known for its non-stop route between London and Edinburgh, Scotland, and its high-speed trains.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
And the Walt Disney Co., of course, has a romanticized history with railroads, as Walt Disney once had a backyard railway of his own and is said to have dreamed up Mickey Mouse on a cross-country train trip.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Bear in mind that cruise line excursions will include transport to and from the railway station, which is approximately 30-minutes walk from the cruise port.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Milano Centrale is the city’s largest railway station, with trains heading to and from the rest of Italy, as well as France and Switzerland.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
Striking workers have brought railways and airports to a standstill.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Part of the change-over was consolidating seven railway express companies into a single entity, the American Railway Express Agency (AREA), which began operation in July 1918.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2024
And state railways became a vehicle to valorise it.
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
The railway was best known for its non-stop route between London and Edinburgh, Scotland, and its high-speed trains.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
And the Walt Disney Co., of course, has a romanticized history with railroads, as Walt Disney once had a backyard railway of his own and is said to have dreamed up Mickey Mouse on a cross-country train trip.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Bear in mind that cruise line excursions will include transport to and from the railway station, which is approximately 30-minutes walk from the cruise port.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Milano Centrale is the city’s largest railway station, with trains heading to and from the rest of Italy, as well as France and Switzerland.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
Striking workers have brought railways and airports to a standstill.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Part of the change-over was consolidating seven railway express companies into a single entity, the American Railway Express Agency (AREA), which began operation in July 1918.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
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“Railway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railway. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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